Exactly 14 years to this day, my journey into architectural design began with a wide-eyed curiosity, one where I was clueless about the various paths that would potentially lead me to this point today. While struggling to fit my research question into a planning domain or design domain, I believe that there is always going to be an overlap of both industries.
Narrowed focus into one’s domain might never prepare a professional for team-based work or collaborative problem-solving. I see this happen a lot within the North American design sphere and it might be one of the reasons why we struggle to fit into exclusive job descriptions that might never be all satisfying!
Would a company not benefit if they have a management student with a graphic design background? or, If a studio had an architect with a software background? Being part of a masters thesis or taking forward to developing a niche skill might not be the way to go.
I feel that the future is not about being a master of something, rather, a knowledgeable jack of many trades, skills and outlooks. The ideal candidate would be a master of a specific topic, yet branch out three or four key trades that he could use to give him the insight of the big-picture.
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